101 Ideas for Holiday Family Fun in Memphis - 2024 | What’s happening in Memphis

101 Ideas for Holiday Family Fun in Memphis - 2024

KidsOutAndAbout is Memphis's online guide to everything for kids, teens, and families! The activities we've listed here are confirmed for this year, but many require reserving ahead of time, and please keep in mind that events could be canceled... so click through to make arrangements. Enjoy the holidays!

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Santa Sightings

Multiple dates starting Nov 2, 2024 Santa’s Wonderland at Bass Pro Shops & Cabela's
Nov 8 & 9, 2024 Hernando Dickens of a Christmas
Multiple dates starting Nov 16, 2024 Enchanted Forest Festival of Trees 2024
Nov 22, 2024 Santa, Snow & Cocoa at West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center
Nov 22, 2024 Tree Lighting Ceremony - Town of Arlington
Multiple dates starting Nov 22, 2024 Light Garden Light Display
Multiple dates starting Nov 22, 2024 Santa Photo Experience at Wolfchase Galleria
Nov 23, 2024 Downtown Memphis Tree Lighting and Holiday Market 2024
Nov 29, 2024 Holiday Tree Lighting - City of Germantown
Multiple dates starting Nov 29, 2024 Holiday Wonders at the Garden
Multiple dates starting Nov 29, 2024 Truist Zoo Lights 2024
Multiple dates starting Nov 29, 2024 Eat with Santa at Cedar Hill Farm
Dec 2, 2024 Hernando Christmas Parade
Dec 5, 2024 2024 Millington Christmas Parade
Dec 5, 2024 2024 Marion Christmas Parade
Dec 5, 2024 Santa at The Crossing - Town of Arlington
Dec 6, 2024 All Aboard! Holiday Kick-Off - The Shops of Saddle Creek
Dec 6, 2024 Collierville Christmas Parade
Dec 6 & 13, 2024 Free Pictures with Santa Claus!
Dec 7, 2024 Town of Somerville Christmas Parade
Dec 7, 2024 Frosty Fest at Carriage Crossing!
Dec 7, 2024 Overton Square Tree Lighting 2024
Dec 7, 2024 City of Olive Branch Christmas Parade
Dec 7, 2024 Saturday with Santa at CMOM
Dec 7, 2024 Bartlett Christmas Parade
Multiple dates starting Dec 7, 2024 Santa Photos - The Shops of Saddle Creek
Dec 8, 2024 Cookies with Santa in Hernando
Multiple dates starting Dec 8, 2024 Afternoon Tea with Santa Claus - The Peabody
Dec 13, 2024 Story Time with Santa at Morton Museum of Collierville History
Dec 13 & 14, 2024 Santa's Ride In - Town of Atoka
Dec 14, 2024 Christmas with CoroRio at the Cannon Center
Dec 14, 2024 Germantown Holiday Parade
Dec 14, 2024 Breakfast with Santa - Memphis Zoo
Dec 14, 2024 Breakfast with Santa at the Fire Museum of Memphis
Dec 14, 2024 2024 Memphis Holiday Parade on Beale Street
Dec 14, 2024 Christmas Parade - Town of Arlington

 

Old-Time Christmas

Nov 8 & 9, 2024 Hernando Dickens of a Christmas

Light Displays

Multiple dates starting Nov 16, 2024 Enchanted Forest Festival of Trees 2024
Multiple dates starting Nov 21, 2024 Graceland Christmas Tours
Nov 22, 2024 Tree Lighting Ceremony - Town of Arlington
Multiple dates starting Nov 22, 2024 Light Garden Light Display
Nov 23, 2024 Downtown Memphis Tree Lighting and Holiday Market 2024
Nov 26, 2024 Collierville Christmas Tree Lighting
Nov 29, 2024 Holiday Tree Lighting - City of Germantown
Multiple dates starting Nov 29, 2024 Holiday Wonders at the Garden
Multiple dates starting Nov 29, 2024 Starry Nights at Shelby Farms Park
Multiple dates starting Nov 29, 2024 Winter Wonderland at CMOM
Multiple dates starting Nov 29, 2024 Truist Zoo Lights 2024
Multiple dates starting Nov 29, 2024 Christmas Traditions presented by Cedar Hill Farm
Multiple dates starting Nov 30, 2024 Christmas in Collierville Saturdays
Dec 3, 2024 Millington Christmas Tree Lighting 2024
Dec 5, 2024 Community Christmas Tree Lightning - City of Olive Branch
Dec 7, 2024 Overton Square Tree Lighting 2024
Dec 7, 2024 Lights on the Farm

 

Holiday Races

Nov 24, 2024 Wreath Run 5k! - Central Gardens Association
Nov 26, 2024 2024 BuffaGLO Run, presented by Brother
Dec 1 - Dec 31, 2024 (Virtual) Santa Hustle 2024 - Virtual

 

Holiday Theatre

Nov 23 & 24, 2024 NutRemix™ presented by Nike
Dec 13 - 15, 2024 Ballet Memphis Presents: The Nutcracker
Dec 7, 2024 A Charlie Brown Christmas: Live on Stage
Multiple dates starting Dec 7, 2024 Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer at Harrell Theatre
Dec 8, 2024 Clara & the Nutcracker presented by the Tennessee Ballet Theater
Dec 18, 2024 What Christmas Means to Me, a Madonna Christmas Story

 

Holiday Concerts

Nov 21 - 23, 2024 Holiday Lighting Weekend at Graceland
Nov 23, 2024 Dean Z's Rockin' Christmas Show
Multiple dates starting Dec 3, 2024 Handel’s Messiah - Memphis Symphony Orchestra
Multiple dates starting Dec 6, 2024 Holiday Dinner and Music Cruise - Memphis Riverboats
Dec 14, 2024 Germantown Symphony Orchestra: Germantown Holiday Concert
Dec 14, 2024 Christmas with CoroRio at the Cannon Center
Dec 18, 2024 Drew & Ellie Holcomb's Neighborly Christmas
Dec 21, 2024 Magic Of Memphis! - Memphis Symphony Orchestra
Dec 21, 2024 Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder Christmas
Dec 22, 2024 Mannheim Steamroller Christmas by Chip Davis

Christmas Tree Experience

Multiple dates starting Nov 20, 2024 Priddy Farms
Multiple dates starting Nov 23, 2024 Christmas Trees at Cedar Hill Farm
Multiple dates starting Nov 23, 2024 Falcon Ridge Farm
Multiple dates starting Nov 23, 2024 Merry Christmas Tree Farm

 

Ice Skating

Open Year Round Mid-South Ice House

 

Kwanzaa

Dec 26, 2024 Bluff City Kwanzaa Festival 2024

New Year's Eve

Dec 31, 2024 New Year’s at Noon: Superhero Edition at CMOM
Dec 31, 2024 New Year's at Overton Square

Shopping & Craft Fairs

Oct 4 - 6, 2024 Mistletoe Merchants of Memphis
Oct 25 - 27, 2024 Holiday Market of Memphis
Nov 8 & 9, 2024 Hernando Dickens of a Christmas
Nov 9, 2024 Hernando Christmas Farmers Market
Nov 9, 2024 Holiday Artist Market at the Metal Museum
Nov 9, 2024 Memphis Crafts & Drafts Festival - Holiday Market
Nov 9, 2024 Holiday Craft Fair at Gracewood Baptist Church
Nov 9 & 10, 2024 Hernando Christmas Open House
Multiple dates starting Nov 22, 2024 The Memphis Potters Guild Holiday Show and Sale
Nov 23, 2024 Annual St. Louis Catholic Church Holiday Arts and Crafts Show
Nov 23, 2024 Downtown Memphis Tree Lighting and Holiday Market 2024
Dec 6, 2024 Christmas on the Square - Town of Arlington
Dec 7, 2024 Christmas Craft Show at Agricenter Farmers Market
Dec 7, 2024 ‘Tis the Season Market
Dec 14, 2024 Vintage Holiday Market - Arrow Creative
Dec 14, 2024 Yule Holiday Market
Dec 22, 2024 Christmas Market

  

Miscellaneous

Multiple dates starting Nov 1, 2024 Holiday Adventure Center at Big Cypress Lodge!
Nov 9, 2024 Movie Night on the Square (The Grinch) - Marion, AR
Multiple dates starting Nov 30, 2024 Christmas in Collierville Saturdays
Dec 1, 2024 Nutcracker Tea Party at Primas!
Multiple dates starting Dec 13, 2024 Friday Night Lasers: Laser Holidays
Dec 14, 2024 Christmas Fiesta! - Dixon Gallery and Gardens
Dec 15, 2024 “Elf” Gingerbread House Decorating Party at Primas!
Dec 25, 2024 Christmas Brunch at The Peabody

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